In order to attract more business people and tourists from the U.S. to Africa, it is critical for more positive and balanced images of Africa to be featured in mainstream media and as a part of educational curriculum. Cross cultural exchanges are also important communication vehicles to connect Americans with today’s Africa – instead of the stereotypic Africa we have become so accustomed to hearing about…

National Urban League CEO Marc Morial and his very efficient staff outdid themselves in Chicago when they produces their best conference ever! The thousands of attendees and honorees were exceptional and included high level educators, business people, TV stars politicians – including Vice President Joe Biden. Magic Johnson contributed valuable business information and advice to his fellow athletes, and Tyra Banks received an award. WGC also positioned its client, Ambassador Amina Salum Ali, the African Union’s First Permanent Representative, as a participant and she delivered a very important speech on Africa – preceding VP Biden. Ambassador Ali told the standing-room-only audience: “The African continent is at the cross road s of transformation and holds great promise for the 21st Century…The coming to being of the African Union was for Africa a, deliberate and conscious effort to steer the continent towards a new vision of: Building an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful Africa, and an African driven and managed by its own citizens and representing a dynamic forces in the international arena.”

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As President Barack Obama arrived in Accra, Ghana (West Africa) on Friday, July 10, 2009 for his historic visit to sub-Saharan Africa as the first African American president of the United States, CNBC-TV set the African trade and investment stage nationally by discussing opportunities and risks with international TV commentator and African Specialist contributor, Julia Wilson.